It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Difficulty Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

Time discovers truth.

Time discovers truth.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

No man ever became wise by chance

No man ever became wise by chance

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.